I NEED A GOOD EVICTION ATTORNEY in Atlanta for an unconditional quit. My tenant is a commercial real estate attorney in Florida so I can't make any mistakes (brief backstory is at the bottom if interested )
This isn't a Pay or Quit case, nor is it even about money, although part of the bigger picture is that they think they can "decide" how much to pay in rent each month. It started at the very beginning last August 2016 when I didn't require payment upon move-in, because they seemed like such nice people and I wasn't a professional landlord, and I didn't want to make a fuss, yada yada..., (yes a bad mistake) and subsequently they lived in the home for almost 2 weeks before paying the first month's rent. These are not financially challenged tenants mind you, and when I received the next month's rent, it was short $180. I sent them a notice that it was a breach of the lease, reducing rent is not their call and nothing further was to be taken out of rent (which they proceeded to do the next month also). I asked that they send the rest in order to pay rent in full, which they didn't. Apparently, they changed the locks because they falsely claimed the lock on the back door was broken which in and of itself wasn't a problem, but they never asked or notified me and then expected me to pay for it. I know there is no statute in Georgia but this was unlawful repair and deduct and I wasn't going to pay for it. This was the 2nd breach of lease so I sent them a registered letter/notice that went ignored. I won't continue with the entire drama, but they've refused to follow the covenants in the lease time after time, have violated it six different ways and, no surprise, have been verbally abusive. I have followed every landlord rule known to man, have bent over backwards to accommodate them and have simply given them too long of a leash. Short story long: the stress is too much, they have rendered a binding and legal document not worth the paper it's written on and I need them out! Although they have violated numerous clauses, (including the final straw of moving in a nanny who is not on the lease nor did they ask for permission) I nicely offered to mutually part ways with them. Happy Clause? Naturally, they said no thanks, even though they've threaten to move out multiple times. I sent them a second violation notice with a copy of the lease and the violations highlighted, and gave them six weeks to move out. The attorney- husband sent me a letter basically laughing it off as frivolous and said they would be staying until lease termination in July. This experience has been such a nightmare that I don't even want different tenants (ever!) I am not a professional landlord nor did I want to be; the whole thing has honestly been worse than my divorce. I just need to put the house on the market ASAP. I am willing to lose several months of income simply to end this situation. Help!
Backstory: In August of 2016, I was forced to quickly relocate (19 days) to California, and because of the short turnaround time I decided it was best to rent out my house for a year because I didn't have time to get it ready to sell. In 30327 (Buckhead) the rental market is quite competitive so I posted it on my neighborhood website and within 30 minutes had a woman who was "desperate" ( if anyone can possibly be desperate at $4,500/mo) to rent my home without coming to look at it. I thought that was odd and told her I really thought she should come see it but she insisted it would be perfect! A match made in heaven, right??... WRONG.
